Poly (ethylene oxide) poly (propylene oxide) poly (ethylene oxide) block copolymer surfactants in aqueous solutions and at interfaces: thermodynamics, structure …

P Alexandridis, TA Hatton - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 1995 - Elsevier
The association properties of poly (ethylene oxide)-block-poly (propyleneoxide)-block-poly
(ethylene oxide)(PEO PPO PEO) copolymers (commercially available as Poloxamers …

Pluronic® block copolymers as novel polymer therapeutics for drug and gene delivery

AV Kabanov, EV Batrakova, VY Alakhov - Journal of controlled release, 2002 - Elsevier
Pluronic® block copolymers are found to be an efficient drug delivery system with multiple
effects. The incorporation of drugs into the core of the micelles formed by Pluronic® results …

Pluronic® block-copolymers in medicine: from chemical and biological versatility to rationalisation and clinical advances

A Pitto-Barry, NPE Barry - Polymer Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This mini-review highlights the latest advances in the chemistry and biology of Pluronic®
triblock copolymers. We focus on their applications in medicine, as drug delivery carriers …

Micellization of poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers in aqueous solutions: thermodynamics of copolymer association

P Alexandridis, JF Holzwarth, TA Hatton - Macromolecules, 1994 - ACS Publications
The critical micellization temperature (cmt) and critical micellization concentration (cmc)
values of 12 Plutonic polyethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO …

Temperature-responsive gels and thermogelling polymer matrices for protein and peptide delivery

LE Bromberg, ES Ron - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
The explosive development of protein and peptide drugs has ushered in a great need for
effective delivery systems for such drugs. Two decades of studies of protein delivery from …

In situ gelling stimuli-sensitive block copolymer hydrogels for drug delivery

C He, SW Kim, DS Lee - Journal of controlled release, 2008 - Elsevier
Stimuli-sensitive block copolymer hydrogels, which are reversible polymer networks formed
by physical interactions and exhibit a sol–gel phase-transition in response to external …

Structural study on the micelle formation of poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer in aqueous solution

K Mortensen, JS Pedersen - Macromolecules, 1993 - ACS Publications
The phase behaviorof poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene
oxide)(PEOPPO-PEO) triblock copolymers dissolved in water has been studied using small …

Ionically cross-linked triblock copolymer hydrogels with high strength

KJ Henderson, TC Zhou, KJ Otim, KR Shull - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
High strength hydrogels were made by ionically cross-linking the polyelectrolyte midblock of
a self-assembled, amphiphilic triblock copolymer network. The polymer backbone consisted …

Hydrogel-based drug delivery systems for poorly water-soluble drugs

M McKenzie, D Betts, A Suh, K Bui, LD Kim, H Cho - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are three-dimensional materials that can withstand a great amount of water
incorporation while maintaining integrity. This allows hydrogels to be very unique …

Self-assembly in aqueous block copolymer solutions

M Malmsten, B Lindman - Macromolecules, 1992 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of EOgg-POes-EOge (EO and PO being ethylene oxide and propylene
oxide, respectively) in water has been studied. By gel permeation chromatography (GPC) …